Olen Picou

Olen Ann Champagne Picou God needed a master gardener in Heaven so, he called Olen Ann Champagne Picou home on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at the young age of 90. She was a resident of Bourg for 40 years, and a native of Houma, La. She was an avid gardener and often known as the “Day Lillie Lady” and loved the outdoors. You could often find her early in the morning dressed in her house coat making her rounds in her “Dilly Dally” garden checking the quality of the latest blooms in her yard. Later she created her own inside garden after the loss of her husband of 66 years. This African Violet collection that she called her “little friend’s” began a new way of life living alone. If you were to visit you were sure to get a lesson in horticulture and maybe given a little Lagniappe, a cutting or maybe a plant or two. Olen was a very generous, loving, and talented person. She had many God given gifts besides gardening. She loved sewing for family and friends. Her sister in law, the late Lucy Picou Porche at the age of 96 could still be heard commenting on how much she had loved the three-piece wool suit Olen had made her when she was in her younger years. During WWII, she knitted many sweaters and sewed many shirts for the war effort. Later in life she created many beautiful quilts. Many her own original applique design which she shared with her family. In 1960, she received her degree in cosmetology and opened her own successful beauty shop for 30 years, “Olen Ann’s Beauty Haven” on Walnut Street in Houma. She graduated with honors in 1944 amongst the first graduating class of Terrebonne High School. Life was good for this very faith-filled woman.Preceded in death by her husband, Webb Paul Picou; her son, Keith Picou; granddaughter, Madison Picou; her parents, Clarence and Adine Trahan Champagne; her sisters, Adelaide Champagne Boquet, Enid Champagne Gilbert, Nancy Champagne Guidroz, Veronica Champagne Fournier. She leaves behind her loving children: a son, Glynn Picou and wife Dale of Bourg; daughter, Mella Picou Rodriguez and husband Ray, of Denham Springs, La.; 14 grandchildren: Cary Paul Picou-Reeves and wife Elizabeth, Rusty Picou and wife Thea, Holly Picou Verret and husband Tommy, Jill Rhodes Chadwick and husband Brian, Marci Rhodes Henning and husband Eric, Ray Paul Rhodes and wife Christy, Curt Picou and wife Katie, Joseph Rodriguez and wife Katie. Her 21 precious great- grandchildren : Tyler Reeves, Timmy Picou, Myles Chadwick, Lane Verrett, Cameron Chadwick, Carson Henning, Zachary Verrett, Ray Paul “RJ” Rhodes Jr., Scarlett Henning, Hunter Reeves, Aubry Henning, Carter Verrett, Cooper Reeves, Brody Henning, Brayden Rhodes, Jewell Henning, Leah Rhodes, Eli Picou, Olivia Picou, Ryder Webb Picou and Sawyer Rhodes. She is also survived her siblings Cecil Champagne and Sylvia Champagne Martinez and very special friend and caregiver, Mrs. Marcel Labat. Pallbearers will be Cary Paul Picou-Reeves, Rusty Picou, Ray Paul Rhodes, Curt Picou, Joseph Rodriquez, Eric Henning, Brian Chadwick and Lane Verret.   Visitation will be at Chauvin Funeral Home in Houma on Monday, April 17th, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., with the recitation of the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary at 8 p.m. led by her niece Paula Porche Riche’. Visitation at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in Houma on Tuesday, April 18th from 9 a.m. until the Mass of Christian burial at 11 a.m. by celebrant Rev. Carl Collins. Burial to follow at St. Francis No. 2 Cemetery in Houma where her family and friends will celebrate their final Love-Love Air Hugs in her memory. Chauvin Funeral Home is honored to serve the Picou family.